One of the traits we talk about with every company we work with is the value of transparency. With your customers and your staff.
This is often greeted by resistance. Strong resistance. As though pulling back the curtain will reveal the Wizard of Oz.
A lack of self-belief that we work hard to correct.
A better business is not defined by what you do. But how you do it. And in a service business, value is a subjective equation whose point of differentiation is often the confidence with which the service is provided.
Telling you what I'm going to do and then doing it is confidence built on capability. The best kind of business model. And one that spreads reputations quickly.
I was going to describe this using a story that my friend Jerry Solomon told me the other day. He beat me to it this morning. Since it was his story I can't complain about that.
So instead, I'll save the time of writing it myself and suggest you go to his blog to read it.
Ah, delegation.
